The grand finalists for season 2024-25 have now been confirmed:

• 2nd Grade – Orange CYMS v Orange City at Wade Park

• 3rd Grade – Orange City v CYMS Lions at Riawena Oval

• 4th Grade – Orange City v Kinross at Bloomfield Oval

In Second Grade, minor premiers, Orange CYMS took the direct route to the Grand Final after defeating Orange City in the Qualifying Final. Kinross kept their season alive with their 53 run victory over their opponent in last season’s grand final, Centrals in the elimination final.

Orange City then made their way to the grand final for another crack at Orange CYMS after defeating Kinross in last Saturday’s preliminary final.

Match Summaries

Semi Finals played 15 March

Orange CYMS 151 (Ant Spruce 43, Matt Burgess 37, Cooper Biddle 22; Tim Hunt 3/31, Brant Mann 2/24, Glenn Robinson 2/28) def Orange City 111 (Jye Southcombe 28, Harry McDonald 26; Sam Wilson 3/11, Matt Burgess 3/22, Riley Krause 2/9) by 40 runs

Kinross 135 (Harry Brazier 29, Phoebe Johnston 20; Jack Judge 3/22, Gareth Faul 3/22) def

Centrals 82 (Adam Danielson 44no; Fergus Smith 4/11, Billy Baldwinson 4/12) by 53 runs

Preliminary Final played 22 March

Orange City 9-159 (Shaun Kirby 51, Shaun Churchill 29, Troy O’Keeffe 21, Brant Mann 12; Ben Brazier 2/23, Walter Prowse 2/40) def Kinross 103 (Harry Brazier 23, Will Younghusband 12, Jack Harding 12; Will McKeown 4/24, Jye Southcombe 2/18, Glenn Robinson 2/21) by 56 runs

In the Third Grade decider we have undefeated minor premiers, Orange City taking on Orange CYMS Lions at Riawena Oval. Orange City continued their winning run in the qualifying final, defeating CYMS Lions by 5 runs to qualify for the grand final.

Their opponents, CYMS Lions overcame their club mates by 4 runs in another close contest in the preliminary final to book their place in this Saturday’s grand final. Orange CYMS had overcome 3rd placed Centrals by 3 wickets in the elimination final to earn their shot at the premiership decider but fell agonisingly short.

Match Summaries

Semi Finals – 15 March

Orange City 7-160 (Jamie Stedman 46, Grady Tapping 28no; Stephen Cabraal 2/13) def CYMS Lions 155 (Jeeva Sangar 54, Stephen Cabraal 49; Michael Evans 4/14, Sam Proudfoot 3/41) by 5 runs

Orange CYMS 7-111 (Liam Curran 42; Bilal Qadri 3/22, Guri Mangat 2/25) def Centrals Red 108 (Bilal Qadri 41, Rahul Narwal 36; George Eleftheriou 4/26, Liam Curran 3/12 ) by 3 wickets

Preliminary Final – 22 March

CYMS Lions 67 (Jason Nayler 24, Mark Wiegold 11; George Eleftheriou 3/4, Holly Reed 3/5) def Orange CYMS 63 (Thomas French 24no; Sachiru Wijerathna 4/7) by 4 runs

In Fourth Grade, minor premiers Kinross have earned the right to play Orange City in the Grand Final after they defeated CYMS Gold in last Saturday’s Preliminary Final.

Orange City had qualified first for the grand final after knocking over Kinross in their semi final match.

Kinross’ opponent in the Preliminary Final, CYMS Gold, had defeated their club-mates, CYMS Green on a 'spicy' pitch in the elimination final, with 15 wickets falling for only 55 runs in the match.

Match Summaries

Semi Finals – 15 March

Orange City 6-150 (Talby Smith 42, Nicholas Keirle 31, Brad Johnson 22no; Ashton Nock 3/26) def Kinross 5-148 (Ashton Nock 57, Charles O’Brien 43no; Ben Postma 2/25, Alex Walker 2/34) by 4 wickets

CYMS Gold 5-28 (Navneet Maharia 2/5, Harry Harry 1/3, Tom Wright 1/8) def CYMS Green 27 (Angus O’Brien 3/1, Ali Baig 2/0, Isaac Churchland 2/7, Spencer Chapman 2/12, Isaac Elliott 1/5) by 5 wickets

Preliminary Final – 22 March

Kinross 118 (Ashton Nock 59, Noah Martin 12, Hayden Sinclair 11; Beau Cox 4/14, Angus O’Brien 2/12, Archie Cox 2/16) def CYMS Gold 51 (Isaac Churchland 16, Angus O’Brien 10; Harry Miller 2/2, Charlie Keirle 2/5, Sam Spliet 2/5, Marco Orme-Smith 2/6) by 67 runs